Re: problem downloading ddd

[David Mason]

Just a few pointers to help get you going ...

The output from ./configure gives the reason for the failure

"configure: error: Cannot find termcap compatible library."

The build is looking for the function tgetent that should be found in
one of a number of possible "termcap" libraries
(mytinfo, ncurses, curses etc.)

You need to check that :-

1. A "termcap" library is installed on your linux system. For example
something like "/usr/lib/libncurses.so".
You may need to install a development package as well as the runtime
to get this.

2. Read INSTALL and "./configure --help" output for instructions how
to define the type and location of the termcap library.
Using these parameters to ./configure is necessary if the library is
not installed in a standard linker search location or you want to
force the use of a particular library
when multiple flavours are installed.




On 28 January 2013 17:20, Steven Fick <smfick57@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I tried to create the ddd debugger on my company's Linux Pc by typing 
> ./configure. It starts fine
> but at the end its gives me an error.  I have attached the text file with 
> error enclosed. If you could
> help me, I would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Steven Fick.